Small compact knife for short hikes.

[IUKE12]

I carry a mora usually the 2000 or a clipper but i do love the look of your ranger knife!
I just did a quickie search and don't see many vendors.
Where did you get yours? Can anybody recommend a good seller that ships them outside the U.S?
The pics i have found (the pics here are better!) show them wrapped with paracord. Do they have predrilled rivet/pin holes under the paracord?
I don't have a problem rehandling knives but drilling holes in steel is a major pain.

Got mine from Justin at RK. Your best bet is to go directly to rangerknives.com for contact info, and either call or email Justin regarding a custom shiv. His standard production shiv is para wrapped, not sure if they are predrilled other than for a lanyard. Just tell him what you want and he will create it at a cost not much more than the standard. They are tough little knives, 1095 carbon steel, 4 inch blade and about 8.5 inches LOA. Looks like mine is 3/8 thick at the spine. Pick a grind and handle material and you are good to go. Justin is so easy to deal with that it probably won't be your last knife from him

 

[Buffalohump]

Mmmm..... me likee! What's that sheath like?

Ontario RAT-3

 

[perksy]

Bark River Fox river, North star, gameskeeper, Bravo1
Busse Active duty, mean street, gamewarden
Swamp Rat howling rat, ratmandu
Falkniven F1, S1

 

[StretchNM]

The RAT-3 sheath is fairly sweet, but has no adjustment for later on when the knife gets a little more loose. It comes with a Tek-Lok and a clip that attach to the Kydex. Pretty cool, but really, I could gripe all day about the lack of thought given to sheaths and Tek-Loks. Matching up the mounting holes in more than one position is trying, and matching it up in more than two is flat impossible. Just another 5 or 10 minutes at the drawing board (by someone who actually USES this stuff) would've done the trick.

 

[tholiver]

Got mine from Justin at RK. Your best bet is to go directly to rangerknives.com for contact info, and either call or email Justin regarding a custom shiv. His standard production shiv is para wrapped, not sure if they are predrilled other than for a lanyard. Just tell him what you want and he will create it at a cost not much more than the standard. They are tough little knives, 1095 carbon steel, 4 inch blade and about 8.5 inches LOA. Looks like mine is 3/8 thick at the spine. Pick a grind and handle material and you are good to go. Justin is so easy to deal with that it probably won't be your last knife from him

Great info i'll check it out, thanks!

 

[Rob_G]

I used to carry a Bark River Mini NorthStar.
Now it's a Bark River Kephart.
That RAT-3 would be good.
Most Mora's are right up there.
SAK with a saw.

My opinion and I'm sticking to it. Except when I change my mind.